More than two dozen rescuers team up to help a dolphin stuck in a Florida creek. On January 1st, Brittany Baldrica, a rescue biologist with the Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA), received a call from a neighbor about a dolphin that had been swimming alone in a small creek for several days. A team from CMA monitored the dolphin for more than two weeks and it didn’t leave the creek, so they decided it was in the best interest of the animal to do something about it.
In order for the dolphin to get out of the creek, it had to swim through a small opening under a bridge, but it wasn’t doing this on its own. So a team of 28 rescuers formed a human chain and used visual and sound cues to try and guide the dolphin out of the creek.
The rescuers successfully corralled the dolphin toward the opening in the bridge and it was able to get back out into the open water of Tampa Bay. In a press release, CMA thanked the local residents who helped them protect the dolphin from harassment and for providing access to their property so they could mount the rescue operation.
Source: SunnySkyz